f15683 cc7572	Worcestershire v Derbyshire
	County Championship 1937
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 8th, 10th, 11th May 1937 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Derbyshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by 3 wickets
Points	Worcestershire 15; Derbyshire 0
Umpires	E Cooke, CWL Parker
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 56/7 (Lyttelton 13*, Buller 0*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 155/6 (Lyttelton 40*)

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Derbyshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Smith	c Buller b Jackson	30
AE Alderman	b Martin	1
E Carrington	b Martin	3
TS Worthington	b Perks	23
LF Townsend	b Howorth	2
GH Pope	b Martin	46
+H Elliott	b Martin	30
AV Pope	c Gibbons b Perks	58
*RHR Buckston	st Buller b Perks	18
TB Mitchell	c Buller b Martin	8
WH Copson	not out	0
Extras	(11 b, 5 lb, 7 nb)	23
Total	(all out, 101.2 overs)	242
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-25, 3-51, 4-56, 5-78, 6-174, 7-187, 8-228, 9-241, 10-242 (101.2 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	32	7	73	3	-	-
Martin	37.2	6	69	5	-	-
Jackson	14	3	21	1	-	-
Howorth	18	5	56	1	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CH Bull	c +Alderman b AV Pope	1
FB Warne	c +Alderman b GH Pope	25
E Cooper	lbw b GH Pope	10
HHIH Gibbons	b Mitchell	7
SH Martin	c +Alderman b GH Pope	0
BP King	lbw b Mitchell	8
R Howorth	b Copson	1
*CJ Lyttelton	b Worthington	50
+JS Buller	lbw b Mitchell	9
RTD Perks	c Smith b AV Pope	18
PF Jackson	not out	0
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 45 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-36, 3-41, 4-47, 5-47, 6-56, 7-56, 8-73, 9-139, 10-139 (45 ov)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Copson	6.4	2	13	1	-	-
AV Pope	6.2	1	21	2	-	-
GH Pope	9	4	11	3	-	-
Mitchell	13	3	47	3	-	-
Townsend	6	1	25	0	-	-
Worthington	4	0	12	1	-	-

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Derbyshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Smith	c Buller b Howorth	21
AE Alderman	run out	3
E Carrington	lbw b Jackson	16
TS Worthington	b Jackson	4
LF Townsend	c and b Howorth	10
GH Pope	b Howorth	13
AV Pope	not out	2
*RHR Buckston	b Perks	4
TB Mitchell	st Buller b Howorth	6
+H Elliott	absent hurt
WH Copson	absent hurt
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 40 overs)	89
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-46, 3-48, 4-57, 5-72, 6-76, 7-82, 8-89 (40 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	11	0	28	1	-	-
Martin	5	2	3	0	-	-
Jackson	9	3	21	2	-	-
Howorth	15	7	27	4	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CH Bull	lbw b GH Pope	29
FB Warne	b GH Pope	3
E Cooper	c +Alderman b GH Pope	24
HHIH Gibbons	b GH Pope	1
SH Martin	c and b Mitchell	39
BP King	lbw b Mitchell	11
*CJ Lyttelton	c GH Pope b AV Pope	40
R Howorth	not out	36
+JS Buller	not out	4
RTD Perks	did not bat
PF Jackson	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 2 nb)	9
Total	(7 wickets, 80.1 overs)	196
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-57, 3-59, 4-64, 5-86, 6-155, 7-156

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AV Pope	15	3	26	1	-	-
GH Pope	32.1	6	73	4	-	-
Mitchell	25	8	74	2	-	-
Worthington	8	2	14	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RHR Buckston (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in County Championship matches
--> R Howorth (2) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 11
--> RTD Perks reached 650 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Derbyshire first innings
--> TB Mitchell reached 1150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> H Elliott retired not out in the Derbyshire first innings having scored 24 (team score 120/5) - he returned when the score was 174/6

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AE Alderman kept wicket as H Elliott was injured while batting

 

 

 

 

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